It’s not always enough to just stay on top of denim trends. Sometimes, it’s good to know you’re also buying American and supporting local businesses, helping create local jobs, and potentially avoiding pricey import tariffs. But that’s easier said than done. Even some of the biggest denim brands synonymous with the States no longer manufacture garments here. Levi Strauss (aka Levis) shut down its last two American plants in 2004, and even Wrangler moved its denim production overseas.
It’s easy to get duped, too, as so many companies feel the pressure to keep costs down by moving manufacturing abroad. You’d be forgiven for thinking you were getting a U.S.-made product by buying from Khloe Kardashian’s ironically named Good American line, but the jeans that once boasted they were made in America have also gone international.
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